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The Éternité River (, meaning Eternity River) is a small stream in
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, Canada, which flows into Eternity Bay at Rivière-Éternité, in the
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the ...
, in the administrative region of
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...
. The upper part of this river crosses the zec du Lac-au-Sable, a controlled exploitation zone; the lower part crosses the Saguenay Fjord National Park, a protected natural area which is very popular with tourists. The Éternité river is mainly served by the route 170 (east-west direction) which passes through the village of Rivière-Éternité. Some other secondary forest roads serve the lake sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 9, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Eternity River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.


Geography

The Eternity River rises at Éternity Lake (navigable length: ; altitude: ) which straddles the townships "de Brébeuf" and "de Hébert". The northeast part of the lake has the shape of a giraffe neck and head looking towards the southeast; the South-West part has the shape of a cross whose top is oriented towards the South-East. The two parts of the lake are connected opposite the outlet of Lake Bailloquet. This lake is surrounded by mountains. The mouth of Éternité Lake is located at: * West of the confluence of the Eternity river; * South of the
Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
; * South-East of downtown
La Baie La Baie (, ) is one of three boroughs in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was created during Quebec's municipal reorganization in 2002. From 1976 to 2001, it was known as the Town of La Baie, a municipality composed of the Grande-Bai ...
. The course of the Eternity River generally flows northeast on according to the following segments: * east to the outlet (coming from the east) of Lake Périgny; * towards the north-east notably by crossing on the Little Eternity Lake (altitude: ) to the outlet (from the east) of Hamel Lake, Huard Lake and Trout Lake; * north-east to Benouche stream, located in the village of Rivière-Éternité; * towards the northeast by collecting the outlet (coming from the west) of Price Lake and of Riverine Lake; as well as the outlet (coming from the west) from Lac Côté, to the bottom of the Baie Éternité (length: ). The mouth of the Eternity River is located at: * south of a cape on the north shore of the
Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
; * west of
Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada. Geography Tadoussac is ...
; * north-east of the center of the village of Rivière-Éternité; * east of Saguenay (city). From the mouth of the Éternité river, the current crosses the Baie Éternité on north, then descends the
Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
on to the east where flows into the
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at
Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada. Geography Tadoussac is ...
.


Toponymy

The
Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...
wrote about it: "a map of
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques Nicolas Bellin (; 1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, membe ...
, from 1744, designates the river by the Amerindian name Heregachitgs, which translates as the Trinity. Captain Louis Sivrac mentions the toponym Ance d'Éternité, in 1824. A map produced in 1825 by Pascal Taché identified the river which ends at the bottom of the bay: "Rve de l'Étrinité" (sic)." It continues: "The Éternité river is a small fish-filled stream that descends from the Laurentian mountains for almost 20 km, to discharge Lac Éternité, a narrow body of water, which forms an L stretched over 9 km long. Forest sites were exploited along this river, in the current municipality of Rivière-Éternité, at the end of the XIXe century."


Fish

According to the Sépaq, the Eternity river is an important river for the reproduction of the
brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...
anadrome An anadrome, also known as an Emordnilap or a Semordnilap is a word or phrase whose letters can be reversed to spell a different word or phrase. For example, ''desserts'' is an anadrome of ''stressed''. An anadrome is therefore a special type of ...
, commonly called sea trout.Official web site of SEPAQ: sepaq.com
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See also

*
St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...
, a stream *
List of rivers of Quebec This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: *One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; *15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 313 ...


References

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